Jen Finelli (Veldhuyzen) - Interactive Resume - jen.finelli.veldhuyzen (at) gmail (dot) com

Job Objective: To share the story that can save the world.

Summary

Award-nominated screenwriter and world-traveling science fiction writer with real-world experience as a doctor, autism therapist, reporter, ghost, and nunnery-escapist.

Awards

• Screencraft Animation Competition Semi-Finalist, 2019
• Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest Semi-Finalist, 2018 
• Screencraft Comedy Screenplay Contest Quarter-Finalist, 2017
• I See You Awards Nominee, 2017
• Screencraft Short Story Contest Quarter-Finalist, 2017
• Beverly Hills Screenplay Contest Finalist, 2016
• Austin Film Festival, Second Rounder: Top 15% of scripts, 2016
• Writers of the Future Scifi Contest Honorable Mention, 2013 and 2016

Fiction Experience

• Apocalypse Medicine, published by the Untold Podcast, 2019
• I'm Having an Affair With My Wife, film sold to Dead Laurels Productions, 2017
• Becoming Hero, independent YA novel/comic (4.5 stars on Amazon), 2017
• Whipping the Dead, sold to Pantheon's Mnemosyne, 2017
• The Different People, picture book forthcoming from E-Treasures Press, 2017
• Hierro, sold to The Crossover Alliance Superhero Anthology, 2017
• Welcome to the Adrenaline Age, sold to The Overcast Podcast, 2016
• To Refuse Blood, published in The Untold Podcast, 2016
• Brain Worms and White Whales, sold to Escapepod.org, 2015
• The Ink Android, sold to Beorh Weekly, 2015
• I am Disease, published in the Bleed horror anthology by PMM Publishing, 2013
• Codex Writing Group Member
• Critters.org member since 2010
• Member of the Dark Literature Guild

Medical Credits

• Strangulation Protocol in Sexual Assault Patients. Developed with 2ID Camp Humphreys SAMFE Coordinator; recommended to LTC Moore for 3BCT SOP, 2019.
• Does curcumin reduce pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis? With Bybel, Michael. Published in Evidence-Based Practice, Volume 23, Number 3, FPIN HDA March 2020, Pg. 17-18
• Twist Ending: Chronic Intermittent Volvulus After Gastric Bypass. With Meyers, Garrett, et al. Case report poster presented by team member at USAFP, 2019.
• Molsoft CD-44 Simulation, UVA Biochem. Selected for publication with textbook: Biochemistry by Garrett and Grisham, 2010. More information here.

Paid Blogging Employment

• Insertquarterly.com video game rag
• Permaculture Research Institute of Australia blog
• Authorlearningcenter.com

2012-2013 returning contributor paid pro-rate to all of the above; follow links to view samples.

• Scripted.com, Fall 2011-present

Paid ghost-blogger for Scienceexchange.com, TripAdvisor.com, Elsevier, Comprehend Systems, ShopWell, WellAware, OnTargetJobs Health, Docstoc, GiftWhip, walkingtrips.com, Wellness Healing Mayan Medicine, medicationdiscountcard.com, FoxTranslate, and many, many others.

Ghostwritten, Published Books - client recommendations available

• Full-length autobiography, 2013
• 3 'Cliffnotes'-style e-books summarizing great literature, 2013
• Health food research e-book, 2013

News Experience

• Daily Caller
• USAToday
• Examiner.com

Contributor/Freelancer, Jan. 2012-Oct. 2014

• Human Events, Washington, D.C., Sept. 2011-Dec. 2012

Full-time G&P associate editor and HE investigative reporting intern. Covered legislation, corruption, healthcare, and foreign affairs. Increased G&P twitter following by nearly 50%

Original Academic Research

• Chinese History Wedding Traditions, UVA East Asian History, Spring 2011

First research of its kind in this subject area. Available upon request.

• Medieval History Marriage Traditions, UVA Medieval History, Fall 2010

Reviewed primary-source cases in medieval England to investigate reasons for marriages

• Necrotizing Fasciitis Review, UVA Biomedical Engineering, Spring 2010

Co-Author, Synthesized up-to-date information on etiology, and cures for "flesh-eatingbacteria"

Education and Closing Summary

• Ponce School of Medicine Class of 2017; University of VA History BS, Biomedical Engineering Minor, with research experience in history and science; almost perfect score on MCAT Verbal (14/15) and score R on MCAT Written
• Languages: Spanish (fluent) with translation experience; German (comfortable); Japanese (minimal speaking); Danish (comprehension); French (reading)
• Publication highlights: byjenfinelli.com
• Film: mysweetaffair.com
• Comic: http://becominghero.ninja
• Awards: byjenfinelli.com/media-appearances/
• Activism: becominghero.ninja/category/superhero-alerts-become-a-hero/
• Fiction blog: http://petrepan.blogspot.com/
• Samples of academic history and health writing: http://thehownotto.blogspot.com/search/label/academic